HM90

The HM90 Cerberus Main Battle Tank is a tank developed by the Hoth Manufacturing Corporation but currently produced exclusively by Gyptia.

Armor

Though the tank’s armor arrives prepainted in beige desert camouflage, almost all parts of the tank are covered by a thin, transparent layer of OLED sheeting (shown as green in the above image). All over the body of the tank are placed 84 separate, independently powered OLED segments, designed to be easily replaced in the event of an attack that disables them. Camouflage textures can be uploaded to the tank’s central computer and then projected onto the external OLED sheets, providing adaptable camouflage. In addition, through a built-in media port soldiers or commanders can upload their own images, which the computer automatically turns into textures that can be used as camouflage. Furthermore, if your tank crew is equipped with Hoth Manufacturing’s Model G armor, they can connect the armorsuit to the tank and upload textures from their suit. Since the suit also includes a digital camera to turn environment images into camouflage, this allows soldiers to have their tank camouflage match their surroundings exactly and change it as the geography around them does.

The tank was also designed to be fully submerged underwater, and all parts are watertight to a depth of 21 feet. Built-in oxygen tanks can supply a five-man crew with enough air for about five hours.

The tank carries a unique armor system that uses both normal reactive armor and electric reactive armor to form a two-tiered defense system. Layered on top of the normal ceramic and metal composite armor are explosive charges, and layered on top of those are two electrically charged plates separated by a plastic insulation layer. When an explosive round hits the tank, two things happen. First, sensors detect the incoming round and activate the explosive charges. In the split second it takes to do that, the round impacts the armor, breaking through the first electrically charged section and the insulator, which touches the outer charged plate to the inner one. Immediately, a jolt of electricity runs through the round and damages it immensely, most often vaporizing the contents. Then, the explosive charge blasts outward, sending a blowback to the round that minimizes damage to the internal armor. This system ensures maximum protection for the crew inside.

However, the HM90 Cerberus goes further. With normal reactive armor, the system can be defeated by firing two rounds in succession- the first, though harmless to the crew, disables defenses while the second penetrates the armor. Hoth Manufacturing engineers have discovered a method to deal with this problem- directional charges. When, after disabling one round, the sensors detect another round incoming in succession, the system rotates all reactive charges in an area near the blast point towards the round’s trajectory and detonates them. Though because this is not a direct blast it is less effective than normal reactive armor, it can still significantly reduce projectile velocity and protect the crew inside from multiple rounds.

Weaponry

The Cerberus is outfitted with a 150mm main smoothbore cannon capable of firing a variety of ordnance, including HESH, HEAT, APDS, and ATGM rounds. Mounted on top of the tank are two main gun turrets, one facing forward and one rear. These include a built-in scope, but gunners wearing Model G armor can uplink their armor computer to the turret and have the scope appear in their HUD. In addition, on either side of the main turrets are two remote-controlled turrets, both designed to be operated simultaneously by a single soldier inside. Finally, the tank packs two grenade launchers, designed primarily for smoke grenades but also effective with other types.

Statistics

Engine: 1500 hp

Weight: 74.5 tons

Length: 30 ft.

Width: 14.5 ft.

Height: 12 ft.

On-Road Maximum Speed: 40 mph

Off-Road Maximum Speed: 35 mph

Fording Depth: 21 ft.

Main Cannon: 150mm smoothbore gun

Other Weapons: 4x 7.62 mm machine guns (1 fore, 1 aft, 2 fore remote-controlled), 2x grenade launchers (smoke, tear gas, fragmentation)

Range: 420 km

Crew: 5

Pricing

A single HM90 costs $14,500,000 including 84 replacement OLED segments.

Sales

A total of 502,000 tanks have been sold and exported, equaling a total revenue of $7.279 trillion.